I recently made an unscheduled visit to Manchester Victoria station and, as I had not been there since the early 1990s, was surprised at the changes to the station. I remembered that I had spent time there just before the Bury third rail units were taken out of traffic and the following pictures are the ones taken on that occasion.
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| The units were based on the 1950/60 standard design of EMU but they ran off a side contact third rail. |
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| Do you remember guard's vans and luggage space? |
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A cropped version of this picture was published in the September 1990 edition of the Railway Magazine (page 621) with the following caption:
"Preparation work for the Manchester Metro system is obvious in the foreground as a Bury train stands at the shortened platform 5 at Manchester Victoria Station on 27 June."
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Close up view of the unique side contact third rail.
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